Network Boost by - Ipanema Technologies

power in partnering: Ipanema
“Ipanema Technologies partners
with Orange to improve application
performance and deliver guaranteed
quality of service for enterprises
looking for cost effectiveness and
reliability on a global basis.”
Youssef Kassissia
Senior VP
Global Business Development
Ipanema Technologies
a clear link between application performance and
business productivity
In today’s increasingly mobile and connected world, IT departments are
experiencing change like never before. Companies are tapping into the
benefits brought by unified communications, personalized devices, SaaS
applications, the cloud, social media and more. Simultaneously, offices are
becoming decentralized, and hybrid networking where companies combine
traditional MPLS networks with Internet links, is now the norm.
These developments bring with them a host of benefits including cost
reduction, improved collaboration and new, more efficient IT architectures.
However, they also place increasing stress on corporate networks. As users
rely on the flow of constant, continuous, high-quality applications, networking
strategies have sometimes struggled to keep pace.
For more than four years, Orange Business Services has teamed with Ipanema
Technologies to bring you Network Boost, an international cloud-ready and
stringent network-based application service level agreement offering that is
fully integrated with Business VPN. Network Boost is available to medium and
large-sized companies in over 220 countries and territories to control and
guarantee their business application performance anytime, anywhere.

eyond WAN optimization
82% of organizations suffer application performance problems*
This can have a dramatic impact, particularly on the critical applications that support core functions of your business.
Application performance problems, such as slowness and non-responsiveness, impact your users’ experience and
the overall productivity of your organization.
Today’s enterprises lack information about the usage of their networks. They have limited control based on traditional
class-of-service principles that were not designed for cloud environments. The challenge is clear: find a way to guarantee
the performance of networked applications, no matter their type, method of access or technical network architecture.
To secure efficient operation of business-critical applications, you need to think about application management in
a new way. You need to understand what is flowing over your network and how traffic patterns behave. And you
need new controls to guarantee the performance of traffic flows. It’s time to go beyond the mantra of adding more
bandwidth and beyond pure WAN optimization, which is network-centric in its approach. No two applications are
the same, and the network should no longer treat them equally.
the CIO challenge: guarantee application performance with a limited budget
guaranteed application performance
get more for less
With a managed Network Boost solution from Orange and Ipanema Technologies, you’ll be able to understand
which applications are using your network; guarantee application performance delivered to users; simultaneously
manage cloud applications, unified communications and Internet growth; and do more with a smaller budget in a
changing business environment.
have full visibility of application usage and performance
With Network Boost, you have access to application reporting that provides you with behavioral trends of your
applications on the network. You also benefit from application QoS, enabling dynamic management of data flows
based on the performance criteria set for each application.
ensure business continuity with guaranteed application performance
Network Boost offers service level agreements for your most critical applications. Together, we define and set
the application performance objectives adapted to your business and your IT environment. The behavior of the
application flows is optimized based on the objectives you set.
optimize your network investment
Network Boost offers a unique way to address hybrid networking and enable intelligent Internet off-load. You can
leverage the availability of two WAN accesses at a given site and thereby optimize your network investment. You
also bring the full benefits of WAN governance to your redundant networks by maximizing application performance,
security and network usage.
*Killer Apps Survey, Ipanema Technologies 2012/13

fully integrated service
Network Boost, based on the Ipanema Technologies system, provides a direct connection between application
performance and business requirements. You’ll automatically understand which applications are using your network
and deliver guaranteed performance to every user. You can support your strategic IT transformations, like cloud
computing and unified communications, and control your Internet growth while reducing IT expenses.
identify and control application flows
You choose your configurations based on your business requirements. You have full visibility of your applications
and uses of your network, per site and per groups of users. You maintain control of your data system thanks to
real-time decision making.
accelerate exchanges
With data compression and acceleration of traffic flows, response times are shorter. Your data exchanges are
reduced and flow more easily, and your quality of service is improved.
improve productivity
The availability of your priority business applications is guaranteed to meet your customers’ requirements and to
meet your company’s objectives.
optimize network investments
With the dynamic application level load-balancing option, you can monetize the secondary link of your redundant sites.
You can also optimize overall bandwidth costs while maximizing application performance, security and network usage.
reduce costs
Our end-to-end managed service requires no capital expenditures, so you lower your hardware and human-resource
investments. And, by controlling and managing your existing bandwidth, you can reduce network upgrade costs.
partnering for success
Cirque du Soleil, a major Québec-based organization providing high-quality artistic entertainment worldwide, was
interested in streamlining its customer-facing applications for ticketing and concession sales and improving access
and collaboration among its sites, while also reducing its overall infrastructure costs. A cost-effective network-based
solution that understands and controls application performance over its wide area network seemed the way to go.
With Network Boost, Cirque du Soleil was able to optimize and accelerate its customer network applications.
The service prioritizes the company’s sales operations, making it easier for its customers to purchase tickets and
merchandise. Network Boost also provides full visibility of how the network is being used by application, site and
user group, including Cirque du Soleil’s traveling and permanent shows, as well as its corporate offices.
The guaranteed application performance also provides greater access and collaboration capabilities for its team
members at all 25 of its sites worldwide.
“Network convergence is the engine driving our planned expansion into new
territories with new performances over the next several years. Thanks to the
vast global network of Orange Business Services, the artistry and uniqueness
of a Cirque du Soleil performance can be delivered to audiences anywhere in
the world, without compromise.”
Bernard Hébert
Chief Information Officer
Cirque du Soleil

“Through our long and close
relationship with Ipanema
Technologies, we are extremely
pleased to offer our customers an
application-aware Business VPN
solution that provides guaranteed
performance for all their business
applications. We look forward to
continuing this partnership well
into the future.”
Andrew McFadzen
Head of Global Marketing
Network Solutions
Orange Business Services
Orange Business Services
and Ipanema Technologies
Orange Business Services and Ipanema Technologies have built a privileged
relationship to better serve our joint customers in terms of features that fulfill
your high-end business needs. Together we offer you one efficient point of
contact for both the technology and the service, as well as all aspects of
operational support.
Orange Business Services
Orange Business Services is the world’s leading business partner for
integrated IT and communications for multinational corporations. With an
unrivaled global presence, Orange owns and operates a seamless voice and
data network across 220 countries and territories with local presence in 166.
■ Best Global Operator, Best Cloud Service, and User’s Choice Award
recipient (World Communication Awards 2012)
■ Leader in the African Global Services Market (IDC 2012)
■ Data Communications Service Provider of the Year (Frost & Sullivan Asia
Pacific ICT Award 2012)
■ Leaders Quadrant in Global (2013) and Asia Pacific (2012) Network Service
Providers (Gartner, Inc.)
Ipanema Technologies
Ipanema Technologies provides enterprises with a direct connection
between application performance and their business requirements. With
Ipanema Technologies, enterprises automatically understand which
applications use the network and deliver guaranteed performance to each
user. Enterprises can support their strategic IT transformations (like cloud
computing and unified communications) and control Internet growth while
reducing their IT expenses. Ipanema Technologies’ customers range from
mid-sized companies to enterprises with thousands of sites.
■ Best Specialist Vendor Award (World Vendor Awards 2011)
■ Visionary position in the Gartner Magic Quadrant report for WOC
Controllers (2011, 2012, 2013)
for more information, visit
www.orange-business.com
and www.ipanematech.com
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